Guides

Short, sourced explanations of why bills change and what you can do about it. Every number comes from our rate-case tracker or the US Energy Information Administration.

• Why electric bills are rising in 2026
  What 37 rate cases show about where increases come from, and how much regulators actually grant.
• How to fight an electric rate increase
  File a public comment, speak at a hearing and reach your consumer advocate, with every state's commission.
• How electricity rates are set
  Rate cases for investor-owned utilities, member boards for co-ops, city councils for municipal utilities.
• Electricity rates by state, 2026
  All 50 states and DC ranked by price and by how fast rates are rising.